Determination of the Social Networks Sites Usage Purposes Of Art And Design Faculty Students

Abstract

The study is planned to describe how the students of art and design faculty utilize the social networks. Ethics committee approval dated 03.12.2021 and numbered 11 was obtained from the Education Research Ethics Committee of Aydın Adnan Menderes University for the research. The batch used in the study is composed of 178 students studying as freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior at Art and Design Faculty of Yıldız Technical University in 2021-22 academic year. In the first part of the study, demographical data such as gender, grade level, monthly income level, accommodation affordability are involved. Because it is aimed to reveal the situation as it is, the study is carried out using survey model. Since both quantitative and qualitative data are used together, the study can be considered as combined method research. Backing of the combined method on constructing a bridge between quantitative and qualitative data is remarked as the paradigm of the study. In the study quintet likert scale questionnaire with 14 items, which was designed, intending to determine social net sites usage purposes of the university students is used (Karal & Kokoç, 2010). The quantitative data is processed by means of IBM SPSS Statistics 20 software. There are 4 questions asked in the qualitative part of the research. The qualitative data obtained is analyzed by using descriptive analysis method. In the process of descriptive analysis firstly either conceptual framework or a framework from research questions is generated. Then the data obtained is examined and organized in accordance with the framework generated. It is important to bring the data together sensibly and meaningfully. Frequencies and percentages of the organized data, and the findings obtained by direct adaptation define, clarify and associate. In this study, the data is examined based on the framework generated in accordance with the questions, and then the findings obtained are presented by frequencies, percentages and direct adaptations.